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Portrait of Lady Grace Anna Newenham

Horace Hone · 1784

Portrait of Lady Grace Anna Newenham by Horace Hone: Lady Grace Anna Newenham (née Burton, 1725–1807) was the wife of Sir Edward Newenham (1734–1814)…

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In Portrait of Lady Grace Anna Newenham, start with classical, portrait, figurative. Then look closely at this museum-described detail: Thomas in Dublin.

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Lady Grace Anna Newenham (née Burton, 1725–1807) was the wife of Sir Edward Newenham (1734–1814), a prominent radical Protestant Irish politician and MP for Dublin, whom she married in 1754 at St. Thomas in Dublin. Lady Newenham herself came from a highly influential family with deep Whig political roots in Dublin.

Source institution: Cleveland Museum of Art
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